Thoughts About Thoughts

Sometimes, I sit somewhere (currently, outside on my back porch), and think ... what is happening?

I'm watching my cat (he's currently showing off by walking on a completely broken-ass porch rail and looking at me to see if I'll do something about it).  I think to myself, "Hey, Humphrey, you're a dumbass.  That fence you're on is not supporting you AT ALL, and you're going to fall".  And he looks back at me with his cat face and says, "what are you gonna do about it?"  My answer?  I'm going to do nothing.  I'm going to watch you fall, and hopefully you won't be so stupid in the future. #mexicanborderwall

Having a cat is oddly similar to having a child.  He's cute.  I love him.  He often makes bad choices.  Whatever.  Hopefully he doesn't die from falling on something sharp or being eaten by a wild animal.

And then, sometimes, I'm watching the students in my classroom, and I think, "Hey, kids, being able to read is probably important in life.  And (more importantly) CARING about ANYTHING sometimes is marginally important in life.  So good luck when you graduate, because no one will be there to call you in sick or make excuses for you or "pass" you through your job with a 59.5%."  (You'll just be fired.)

Other times, I'm watching the news ...

The best of times and the worst of times.

DJ Idiot just called himself a "nationalist", a term which has terrible connotations, but which he and his Kool-Aid drinking followers embrace.  Yesterday, DJ Eazy E (sorry, that's an insult to the actual rapper who died of AIDS) said that we need to let Saudi Arabia have some time to come up with a reason they cut a journalist to pieces with a bone saw, because America needs to make some money on international trading of murder-y weapons.  And a few days ago, he called someone he paid upwards of $100 thousand dollars to shut up about their affair "horseface".

I don't get it.  Has rationality gone out the fucking door?  Are we now a nation of idiot-lovers?  Do we have any credibility left with other nations??

Oh wait, I forgot that he said that the caravan of immigrants headed this way was littered with "MS-13 and Middle Eastern".  While he might not be wrong, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T SAY THINGS WITH NO FACTUAL EVIDENCE!!  He's the president for god's sake; have some composure, and stop fear-mongering.  Have some respect for the people you represent.

Shut up.  Please.